Maynard News and Friends Updates From Maynard Area
Maynard residents and friends report on local goings on. Navy enlistment for M t Poplenines LS at Oaklahd California follows duty assignment. Esther Kane earned a Fisher School diploma in Boston for medical regulatory work. Carol Ann Colombo celebrates fifth birthday with a party at 22 Douglas avenue. The piece mentions local Elks gathering in Massachusetts and real estate leader leaving for York Beach Maine.
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Poplenines
LS. Navy
Maynard Jhigh School
Oaklahd
California
E le Esther Kane
Fisher School
Boston
Maynard—Carel Ann Colombo
James V. Coombe
Douglas Avenue
Maynard American Legion Auxiliary elects new officers
At a Tuesday night meeting the Maynard unit of the American Legion Auxiliary elected officers for the coming year. President is Mrs. Mary Primiano with Georgina Murphy as senior vice president and Catherine Annu...no as junior vice president. Other posts include chaplain Mrs. Mary Hams, treasurer Mrs. Mael Tobin, secretary Mrs. Mary Garlisi, and executive board members Mrs. Evan Evirs, Mrs. Margaret McCarthy, and Mrs. Theresa Culombo. Installation set for fall.
Registration for Red Cross swimming classes June 16
Mrs. Mary Maynard Mahoney announces town house registration for Red Cross swimming classes for beginners intermediates and swimmers on Friday June 16 from 9 30 to 11 am and 2 30 to 4 pm at Lake Boone the Junior Life Saving course is canceled due to lack of funds classes run July 5 through July 28.
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Maynard
Mary ,Mahoney
The
Red Cross
Lake Boone
Maynard Miss Dorothy Chernak Receives Bryant & Stratton Diploma
Dorothy Chernak daughter of Mr and Mrs Vasily Chernak 63 Glendale Street received her Bryant Stratton School Boston diploma at an informal dinner dance graduation at the Copley Plaza Hotel last Tuesday. She completed courses last fall but diploma was delayed until annual formal graduation. A Maynard High School 1948 graduate and Maynard Teachers Club scholar she now works as a secretary in the Little Building Boston.
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Maynard
Dorothy C Chernak
Vasily Chernack
Glendale Street
Bryant & Stratton School
Boston
Copley Plaza Hotel
Chernak
Bryant & Stratton
Miss Chernak
Maynard High School
Maynard Teachers’ Club
Little Building
Rainbow Girls rummage sale and roast at Brown Street home
Worthy Advisor Maynard Joan Bumpus invites the Rainbow Girls to a rummage sale and weenie roast at 6 Brown Street on Sunday June 16 at 6 pm. Girls should contribute items for the sale set for June 22 and 23 at the Town House. Rain date is Sunday June 25.
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Maynard
Joan Bumpus
Rainbow Girls
Brown Street
Dinner guests attend Marlboro Country Club event
Attendees at the Governor’s dinner at Marlboro Country Club last Monday included Joseph P. Dineen Leo Mullin Patrick McGrath Lester Cowle John Driscoll William Maley Mary Flannery Dorothy McGrath Anthony Warsewicz Edward F Puffer Jr Barbara M Puffer Mr and Mrs Arthur G Johnson Roland Johnson and Mrs Robert A Johnson. Robert A Johnson earned a BA at Tufts College commencement on Sunday June 11. A free dog clinic inoculated many dogs with Dr Stedman of Clinton overseeing.
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Maynard
Paul Devver
Marlboro County Club
Joseph P. Dineen
Board of Selectmen
Leo Mullin
Patrick McGrath
Lester Cowle
Democratic Town Committee
John Driscoll
William Maley
Mary Flannery
Dorothy McGrath
Anthony Warsewicz
Edward F. Puffer, Jr
Barbara M. Puffer
Arthur G. Johnson
Roland Johnson
Robert A. Johnson
Tufts College
Board of Health
Stedman of
Clinton
Josiah Herrick
Thank You Card for Housewarming Gift and Support
Thankful note from Tuvio and Sylvia Erkkiner expresses sincere thanks to friends and relatives for a June 11 housewarming party and for gifts and money. Gratitude to Mrs Laura Kunelius and others for planning with Rev Vehanen for inspiring words.
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Laura Kunelius
Bruno Kansannica
William Brown
James Fraser
Joseph Looney
Ethel. Lent ‘S
Hilda Tarsti
Tuvio
Sylvia Erkkiner
Chronology of US flag evolution through history
Timeline of flag changes from 1777 to 1912 noting when stars and stripes were added for new states and key events. Highlights include the 13 star flag in 1777, Vermont join in 1794, 1818 fixed 13 stripes, Texas 1846, Fort Sumter 1861, Maine 1898, Oklahoma 1908, and Arizona New Mexico 1912 reaching 48 stars.
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Vermont
Lucky
Union
Congress
Texas
Arizona
New Mexico
Children’s Day Program At Union Congregational Maynard
The Union Congregational church hosted a Children’s Day program last Sunday with a full service plan including hymns, prayers, scripture, baptisms, and multiple choir performances. Graduates from kindergarten through junior and senior departments were announced with names and church awards distributed. The piece also notes a contrasting New Zealand pohutukawa tree description with its gray and red blossoms.
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Maynard
Union Congregational Church
Roger Weaving
Ronald Alving
Frederick Johnson
Join Lowe
Kenneth Bingle
Charles Lent
Richard Tucker
David Lortrines
Mary Ellen Boeske
James Kelley
David Shaw
Raymond Attner
Judith Ann Moore
Arlene Sivenen
Priscilla Sortrines
Peter Anderson
Dawn Crossey
Martin Thomas French
David Holt
David Lent
Barbara Littig
Ann Littlefield
Joan Nyholm
Connie Lowell
George Stansfield
Bonnie Stone
Nancy Allen
Sally Price
Inda Saarela
Fred Sivonen
Fred Wilder
Albert Carlgon
Theodore Tower
Christine Mansfield
Unclear notice fragment from June event at St Be church
Fragmentary notice referencing a June gathering at St Be church on Waltham Street. The text is partly garbled with names and specifics unreadable. Further context from the source is needed to identify participants or actions.
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St. Be
Berard’ S Kmece Srupt
Waltham Street
eShop
Maynard Pupils Sweep Humane Poster Contest Awards
Six Maynard high school art students earned prizes in a poster contest by the American Humane Education Society on cruelty to animals. Sylvia Hill and Rachel Keto tied for first in the senior/freshman categories, Janet Gentsch and Nancy Warila won second prize, with honorable mentions for Lee Eley and Betty Lou Stow. Junior high winners included Sandra Stammers and Virginia Varila with honorable mentions for Jacqueline Vincent and Jane Novick.
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Maynard
Maynard High School
American Humane Education Society
Sylvia Hill
Rachel Keto
Janet Gentsch
Nancy Warila
Lee Eley
Betty Lou Stow
Our Dumb Animals
Sandra Stammers
Virginia Varila
Jacqueline Vincent
Jane Novick
Family Reunion Highlights Maynard Lineage at Hamlin Home
A Persons family reunion was held at Mrs. Raymond C. Hamlin’s home in Maynard. Attendees included Charles H. Persons’ three sons and their families: Frederick Persons of Greenfield with his wife and daughter Shirley Archer of Cranston. Harrison E. Persons of Mt. Vernon with his wife and daughters Marjorie and Virginia. Dr. C. C. Persons of New Bedford with his wife Pauline Bent and son James. plus A. L. Haynes of West Acton and Donald Thompson of West Concord with their daughters Sandra and Nancy. Also present were Mrs. Hayes and Mrs. Thompson, daughters of Mrs. Hamlin.
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Maynard
Persons
Raymond C. Hamlin
Linden Street
Hamlin
Charles H. Persons
Frederick Persons
Greenfield
Richard ‘Archer
Cranston
Rhode Island
Shirley
Harrison E. Persons
Mt. Vernon
New York
Marjorie
Simmons College
Virginia
Bates
C. C. Persons
New Bedford
Pauline
Bent
James
West Actor
Sandra
Nancy
Donald Thompson
West Concord
Hayes
Thompson
Blinking Driver Involved In Multi-Vehicle Crash
J C Bankston blinked while driving and crashed into a steam roller. He exited his car just before a pickup rear ended the vehicle. The accident occurred on an unknown Fort Worth street prompting an ambulance call.
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Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
J. C. Bankston
Maynard Garden Club flower display at local library
The Maynard Garden Club held its annual exhibition at the public library with afternoon and evening sessions. Notable arrangements included poppies in colorful containers by Mrs Joseph Martin and mixed bouquets by Mrs Walter Carbone and Mrs James Ledgard. Miniature gardens depicted book and song titles.
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Maynard
Maynard Garden Club
Joseph Martin
Walter Carbone
James Ledgard
Howard Wilson
Wilder Macurda
Fanny Farmer
National
Arthur Coughlan
Elks Hold Flag Day Exercises and Plan Baseball Day
Maynard Elks staged Flag Day exercises at the Elks hall Monday evening and locals plan to attend the Association Baseball Day at Fenway Park on July 2. They presented Archbishop Richard J. Cushing with a $1,000 check for the hospital for crippled and deformed children.
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Maynard
Mercs Lodge of Elks
Elks Hall
Elks
Association
Fenway Park
State Association
Richard J. Cushing
Co op Summer Day Camp At Fort Bond Planned
Maynard The Co op will hold a two week summer day camp at Fort Bond from July 21 to August 4 for ages 8 to 12. Registration is limited and due by July 1 at the Co op Main store or by calling Acton 227.
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Maynard
Fort Bond
Co-op
Acton
Union Baccalaureate Service At Hale High School
Stow residents and First Parish members are urged to attend the Union Baccalaureate Service at Gleason Dale Methodist Church next Sunday morning. Mrs. Mary Duddleston of Lake Mills Wisconsin visits with her daughter and family in Great Road for two weeks. Nancy Clemens of West Acton Road returns home for the summer after completing her junior year at Concord Academy. Albert B Drechsler and family of Walcott Street Stow motored to Vermont and back with their son who has finished his junior year at the University of Vermont.
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First Parish
Hale High School
Gleasondale Methodist Church
Mary. Duddleston
Lake Mills
Wisconsin
Albert A. Schaal, Jr
Great Road
Nancy Clemens
David Clemens
West Acton Road
Concord Academy
Concord
Albert B. Drechsiler
Walcott,street, Stow
Vermont
Albert B. Drechsler, Jr
University of Vermont
Homemakers Day Observance Delights Middlesex Camp
Homemakers Day at Camp Middlesex Ashby features activities with Umbrella and son Robert as attendees. Local residents gathered Wednesday for demonstrations and social exchanges highlighting crafts and home management skills.
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Theing m S
Hamemakers
Middlesex
Ashby
Robert
Maynard Man Earns Degree in Architecture at MIT
Maynard resident Maynard-Walter Popieniuck son of Mr and Mrs Anthony Popieniuck 207 Main Street received his Bachelor in Architecture at MIT commencement exercises last Friday He is a Maynard High School graduate class of 1939 a World War II veteran with the 78th Division He attended Wentworth Institutes is married has an infant daughter and has taken a position in Texas He left for the southwest after receiving a 1950 automobile as a graduation gift and the note mentions British railroads using cranes to place pre assembled 60 foot tracks on roadbeds.
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Maynard
Walter Popieniuck
Anthony Popieniuck
Main Street
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Popieniuck
Maynard High School
78Th Division
U. S. Aly
Wentworth
Hetheir
Cambridg
Ponpieniuck
Texas
Southwest
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